Harp Teachers
Klassisk harpe
Classical harps are larger and use pedals to change the half tones (sharps and flats.) If you are interested in playing a classical harp, it is better to start with a classical teacher, even if you start on a smaller folk/lever harp.
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Below are all the classical teachers we have in Norway.
Folk harps are smaller instruments with from 20 to 38 strings. They use levers to change the half tones (sharps and flats.) They are usually used in folk music or for a starting place for classical harpists.
There are several teachers in Norway and internationally who specialize in Norwegian folk music on the harp.
Folkeharpe
Giselle Boeters
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Location

Stavanger, Norway
Location of lessons
Stavanger, Norway and Online.
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Background/ Qualifications
Master of Music at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Soloist Degree (Konzertexamen) at the Hanns Eisler Music Academy in Berlin, Germany.

Harp Lecturer at Musikgymnasium Carl Philipp Emanuell Bach in Berlin, Germany (2011-2012) and Lübeck Academy of Music (2016-2019).

Since 2019 Harp Lecturer at the Stavanger Kulturskole (Norway) and online. 


Years of experience
Twenty
Type of music
Mainly classical, but also folk, improvisation and jazz basics.
Type of harp
Pedal Harp and Lever Harp
Languages
Fluent in Dutch, German, English, Portuguese. Basic knowledge in Norwegian and Spanish.

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Delphine Constantin-Reznik
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Location
Oslo, Norway
Location of lessons
Oslo, On-line with Play with a Pro
Background/ Qualifications
Master of Arts in Specialized Music Performance" , including Pedagogical Training , at the Zurich University of Arts, Switzerland. Since 2018, Harp Teacher at the Lunnevads Folkhögskola (Sweden)
Years of experience
Twenty
Type of music
Mainly Classical
Type of harp
Pedal and Lever
Languages
French, English, Swedish/Norwegian and German. Basic knowledge of Italian, Russian, Romanian and Spanish
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Foto: Nikolaj Lund
Aseta Koloeva
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Location
Oslo, Norway
Location of lessons
Oslo, Online
Background/ Qualifications
Master of Music Performance at the Norwegian Music Academy (Norges Musikkhøgskole), Norway
Associate Degree of Pedagogy at the Rimsky-Korsakov St. Petersburg State Conservatory, Russia
Years of experience
Eighteen
Type of music
Classical
Type of harp
Pedal harp
Languages
English
Russian
Basic knowledge of Norwegian and French
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Madita Mettler
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Location
Nannestad, Norway
Location of lessons
Holter/Nannestad, Lillestrøm, Oslo and online
Background/ Qualifications
Bachelor in Harp, studied at Music Conservatory in Karlsruhe and at Norwegian Music Academy (Norges Musikkhøgskole).
Since 2019 harp teacher for private students and at Arco Cultural School in Oslo.
​Years of experience
Five years
Type of music
Classical and a little folk
Type of harp
Pedal and lever harp
Languages
German, English, Norwegian
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Isabelle Perrin
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Location
Oslo
Location of lessons
Oslo
Background/ Qualifications
Master degree, Professor at the Norwegian Music Academy (Norges Musikkhøgskole)
Years of experience
Forty
Type of music
Classical
Type of harp
Pedal
Languages
Norwegian, French, English
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Sidsel Walstad
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Location
Oslo
Location of lessons
Oslo (Grünerløkka)
Background/ Qualifications & Exeperience
Oslo Musikk - og kulturskole, University in Oslo: Department of Music, The Norwegian Academy of Music, Toneheim Folkehøgskole, Firda vgs
Type of music
Classical & Pop
Type of harp
Pedal, Lever and Electric
Languages
Norwegian, English
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Photo credit: Anna-Julia Granberg
Beth A. Kollé
Location
Seattle, Washington, USA
Location of lessons
FaceTime, Zoom, Messenger, What’s App video
Background/ Qualifications
BA Music and Scandinavian Studies, University of Washington; teaching classes, private students, workshops and coaching sessions
Years of experience
Teaching, performing since 1969, publishing arrangements since 1996
Type of music
Traditional Celtic and Nordic folk, Baroque, medieval
Type of harp
Lever Harp
Languages
English, basic Norwegian
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Stein Villa
Location
Gjøvik, Norway
Location of lessons
FaceTime, Zoom, Messenger, What’s App video
Background/ Qualifications
Norwegian Pedagogy Training
Years of experience
Teaching, performing since 1990, publishing arrangements since 1990
Type of music
Nordic folk
Type of harp
Norwegian Folk Harp (This very different from a normal folk harp.)
Languages
Norwegian, English, Basic German
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Rebecca Harrisson
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Location
Fagerstrand, Norway
Location of lessons
FaceTime, Zoom, Messenger, What’s App video
Background/ Qualifications
16 years harp playing
10 years private tuition with German and Scottish teachers
Years of experience
3 years harp teaching
Type of music
Folk music
Type of harp
Lever harp
Languages
Native English speaker
Fluent German
Basic Norwegian
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